Silly Gifts are all the rage - novelty underwear, comedy aprons - when Silly Billy announced he was hoping to join a medical school it was time to find a novelty gift for him.

28th August 2008

Defenders....Fall Out - Rigbacks...Attention!

What some see as a snub, the British Ministry of Defence has elected to replace its forward fleet of Land Rover Defenders with American-made "Ridgeback"- ;

11th July 2008

Don't put my back-up

Going Going Gone - but its out there somewhere.

25th June 2008

Christmas Already -

Is there no end to this madness?

12th June 2008

Motor Mania

Like the white van - they're everywhere

2nd June 2008

Phillips Family Fortunes

Some young members of the Royal Family have come under criticism recently for becoming what is described by older courtiers as the Heat magazine generation.

15th May 2008

You couldn't make it up

This is PRICELESS

2nd May 2008

What's Going On?

Posted in September 2008

Lost in a strange place

Who Can You Trust?

Source: Current Affairs Blog
Wednesday 24th September 2008, 12:40pm

You can't believe all you read on the internet

Its becoming more and more annoying to find out of date and factually incorrect pages on websites.

Example - whilst searching for best price Sony 23" LCD TV

The other day I was trying to find prices for a Sony 23" LCD TV in order to get Comet to apply its price match policy. Online Dixons had the model I was after for £100 cheaper - but t he Comet deal doesn't apply to internet prices. By followiing links I arrived on Dixons-plc.co.uk site where a "store locater" function was available. I was delighted to learn that there was a branchat 240 High Street. The delight was shortly followed by frustration when I made my way to find a branch of Currys (same DSG company) but not offering the model Sony TV I wanted.

The Whole Truth - Nothing Interesting but TRUE

It would appear that in an attempt to make their sites attractive webmasters feel it necessary to post outlandish claims and "interesting" stories. Classic examples of this are press releases which are simply not newsworthy however the marketeer thinks the brand noise is helpful and yet another page pollutes the internet. Some have even gone as far as making up press releases with thefull intention of misleading the public - see http://custompc.co.uk/blogs/fromthelabs/2008/08/07/most-misleading-press-release-ever/

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